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The plunging oil price has dragged the Dubai stock market to its lowest level this year<p><b>Emerging markets</b><p><b>Questor says AVOID</b><p>Stock markets in the Middle East are tumbling once again as the falling oil price places fresh challenges on the finances of the region. They look like extremely risky prospects …

The U.S. Army proudly protects all the things that make us proud.<p><b>2. Kayaks From ALASKA</b><p>Kayaks were invented by the Inuit and Aleut tribes. The boats eventually showed up in Europe in the mid-1800s, but the origins of this genius watercraft are quintessentially American.<p><b>3. World's Oldest Rodeo in</b> …

Researchers publish stealth secrets<p>Chinese researchers have developed a new aircraft skin that makes planes even harder to see on radar. Published this week, the technique makes a plane skin that can adapt to different radar frequencies and react to them, the radio wave equivalent of chameleon skin.<p>…

<b>(CNN) —</b> He hid his face, but "Jihadi John" was the English-speaking voice of ISIS. His twisted, videotaped taunts and acts of terrible cruelty -- beheading hostages who had gone to the Middle East to report stories and help others -- symbolized the Islamist militant group's depravity and …

The day after Kurdish forces with U.S. support expelled the Islamic State from the town of Sinjar in Northern Iraq; the day after the U.S. triumphantly announced that ISIS executioner "Jihadi" John had been "evaporated" by a missile fired from a U.S. drone--yesterday, on February 13th, ISIS boasted …

Over the years, I've written dozens of columns about dividends: Dividends are great for retirees, dividends get a tax break, dividend stocks have outperformed non-dividend stocks, dividend stocks pay you to sit there and do nothing.<p>All true. But today, I want to explore a benefit of dividend …

Paris attacks shake second debate, put Democrats on the defensive.<p>The sun rose Friday with chatter about Bernie Sanders plans to attack Hillary Clinton. It set with reports of a real attack by ISIL on Paris that instantly upended the priorities of the Democratic field.<p>The terrorist assault on the …

Image source: Social Security Administration.<p>Whether you're well into retirement, preparing to retire, or still have decades to go before hanging up your work gloves for good, you're likely affected by Social Security.<p>Arguably the most important entitlement program, the Social Security …